IS YOUR DOMAIN NAME BROKEN?

If your present domain name doesn't get you top placement in directories, it's broken.

A second domain name pointing to your web site can give you guaranteed top placement in Yahoo (with over 25% of all online searches).

If you are just starting a web site, you can choose a domain name that will get top directory placement and bring visitors to your site.

Most online traffic is directed to web sites by search engines and directories (over 50% by most estimates). Many sites get more visitors from specialized directories related to subject matter of their site than from search engines. Visitors coming from directories specializing in what you offer are much more likely to be genuinely interested in your products or services. That means qualified customers coming to your site.

When people input search words into search engines and directories, they produce lists of web sites (often thousands) related to search words. Unless you are at or near top of list, it's very unlikely people will ever find your listing. How do you get to top of list?

Here are some key strategies for getting your site placed at top of list ahead of those thousands of sites in search results. Use these strategies to get major numbers of qualified interested visitors to your site.

Top Directory Placement

To place high in directories you must learn to use key features of directories. All directories list alphabetically:

Yahoo lists alphabetically by domain name Yahoo puts a few web sites at top of list that have key search words in domain name Many directories list alphabetically by page title

For guaranteed high placement in directories you need:

Domain name with alphabetical priority Domain name with high scoring search words Page title with alphabetical priority

Alphabetical Priority

The key here is that numbers appear before letters and symbols appear before numbers in alphabetical listings.

Domain Name - Your domain name cannot begin with a symbol, but it can begin with a number. For example, "1st" gets high alphabetical priority and suggests best or first. Some names from our domain auction that use this principle are:

Instant Traffic Using Expired Domains

Written by Wayne Ford

Every day thousands of domains 'expire' and are put back into pool of available domains that anyone can register. They can be very valuable if you are looking for a quality domain for your online business, or if you want to re-sell them for profit. But wait! There is another huge advantage to a domain that was previously owned -- Instant Traffic!

As I said above, expired domains have all been owned by someone in past. Many of these previous owners built Websites for these domains, advertised them, registered them with search engines, and even exchanged links with other sites. All translating into traffic to that domain name.

Now, why would someone who took time to do all that work let domain expire? It could be one of several reasons:

Whatever reason, it happens. And you can reclaim some of wasted traffic and use it to your advantage. You can either point it to your existing site or use it to jumpstart and add value to a new site.

How do you know if an expired domain has traffic?

While there is no way to gauge actual amount of traffic going to an expired domain, you can find out its link popularity in major search engines. This will tell you number of Web pages listed in a particular search engine that link to that domain. The more links, higher link popularity and more traffic that domain is getting (in some search engines, higher ranking, too).